Comments on: Buzz Kill http://creditcardvc.com/2007/buzz-kill/ Site for business owners who are not looking for VC. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:15:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Scott http://creditcardvc.com/2007/buzz-kill/#comment-1706 Scott Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:51:04 +0000 http://creditcardvc.com/2007/buzz-kill/#comment-1706 Why would you do something cheaper, better and with less brain damage? Why is there even a question about why? Look, the argument about throwing off the chains of the oppressors was over 90 years ago, and again 60 years ago. It's interesting that they chose that Soviet-style graphic because that _should_ be the motif for Microsoft. As for the academic stuff, I tire of that crap really quickly. I just don't care how many angels are dancing on that particular pinhead. Why would you do something cheaper, better and with less brain damage? Why is there even a question about why?

Look, the argument about throwing off the chains of the oppressors was over 90 years ago, and again 60 years ago. It’s interesting that they chose that Soviet-style graphic because that _should_ be the motif for Microsoft.

As for the academic stuff, I tire of that crap really quickly. I just don’t care how many angels are dancing on that particular pinhead.

]]> By: J. Frank Dalton http://creditcardvc.com/2007/buzz-kill/#comment-1705 J. Frank Dalton Wed, 14 Mar 2007 23:54:19 +0000 http://creditcardvc.com/2007/buzz-kill/#comment-1705 Hey, somebody needs to figure out "why". While "peer production" may constitute a shoddy buzzword, it at least amounts to an attempt to figure out that "why". Yokai Benkler, a Yale Law professor, has published a more elaborate work on the same lines: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coase's_Penguin or http://www.benkler.org/CoasesPenguin.html Hey, somebody needs to figure out “why”. While “peer production” may constitute a shoddy buzzword, it at least amounts to an attempt to figure out that “why”. Yokai Benkler, a Yale Law professor, has published a more elaborate work on the same lines: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coase’s_Penguin or http://www.benkler.org/CoasesPenguin.html

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